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Anshika’s life starts in a small village where she was the first girl from her village to shift to a hostel to pursue her education. In the absence of her father, her uncle supported her education and has been a pillar of support throughout her life.
She went on to become a nursing officer at AIIMS, Rishikesh — a remarkable achievement in itself. But parallel to her medical career, something else was quietly blooming.
She loves trying her hands at something new. after work, she started finding herself drawing sketches and paintings of mostly Shiva.
While getting married, raising a child she named Shiva, and managing the full weight of daily life, she found herself at her desk drawing mostly Shiva. Every line she draws, she says, leads to the same place: the one creator, the basis of the universe.
Her shift from Muzaffarnagar to Rishikesh brought her closer to the Triveni Sangam and her beliefs, and the mountains and the river seem to breathe through her canvases.
Instead of wanting her children to aspire for cushy jobs, she wants her children to grow up with a peace of mind and feeling of connection, the absence of which haunts the modern world.
At the Bhavkala Collective Arts Exhibition, Anshika brings canvases that feel like prayers — intimate, layered, and deeply personal. Her paintings delineate a belief in love, harmony, and the divine.
Her work is a testament to what is possible when devotion meets discipline and when a woman refuses to choose between her calling and her creativity.
